Sandra Phillips-Posner and her husband Stan Posner know I-95. They REALLY know this road!
The couple spends 9 months a year traveling the major
north-south highway, stopping at every restaurant, gas station and lodging they can find, for their popular
Drive I-95 mapbook and guide. The book includes detailed colored maps of
exit area facilities and destinations, as well as road stats, info on radar traps and historical facts about each
region. The third edition is now available, loaded with updated information on rest stops, gas stations, motels and
camgrounds along the route from Boston to Florida. This year’s edition includes a new listing of over 300 pet-friendly
lodgings.
Exotic Greenland
Greenland has always ranked fairly low on my never ending list of places to visit, but after reading
this piece found in USA Today a few days back, I’m moving it
up a couple notches. Icebergs, glaciers, midnight sun, reindeer and oxen certainly haven’t been included
in my past travels so it may be worth saving for the journey. The country is pretty expensive to
travel to and even around the country. The lack of roads to connect neighboring towns and settlements makes it
slightly difficult to travel within unless going by plane, helicopter or dogsled. Is worth all the trouble? Of
course.
Those worried about the amount of activity, accommodation, food, and civilization should fear not. Catch a
dogsled ride in the country’s third-largest town, Ilulissat, where man’s best friend outnumbers the 4,400
residents. A quick look at the culture and traditional Inuit drum dances can best be seen in Kulusuk, a small town of
only 230 people. Nuuk, the country’s capital houses the National Museum where well preserved mummies of Inuits and
other several artifacts are displayed. When you’re finally ready to rest your limbs, choose from a steel igloo at the
Arctic Hotel, a real igloo, youth hostel, or camp out in the wilderness. As you can tell the options are almost
endless.
USA Today really sells the country as the next big trip you may want to consider taking. Several notes and links can
also be found in the article to answer any additional questions. One travel tip I found
quite interesting was the need to pack mosquito repellent. With it being so cold I never would have thought
mosquitos existed on the island.
Friday Funny: Onion Zombies
I nearly busted a gut reading this Onion story, a wonderful
send up of the whole post-Katrina disaster preparedness thing. Trying to explain the story, well, that will just ruin
it. Suffice it to say it’s about how we can protect ourselves against zombies. And I will pull my favorite quote:
“Children need to be taught from preschool that they might have to put a bullet between the eyes of their own
undead mother,” Fulci said. “‘Destroy The Brain’ banners should be hung above the entrances of schools, churches, and
town halls everywhere.”
So click and read as we glide smoothly into the weekend.
World’s Most Expensive Restaurants
I’m guessing that most gadling readers are the types who head out with a swollen backpack and
for whom “dining well” means dropping about $20 for a meal. Backpackers and frugal tourists will have little interest,
other than vicarious interest, in
this list of the World’s Most Expensive Restaurants. In the article, I read that estimates are that the
international restaurant industry generates between $1.5 and $2 trillion in sales a year. Wha? I guess that makes
sense. Folks gotsta eat. But wow, some number. Anyway, the list starts with Aragawa, in Tokyo,
that serves hand-fed Kobe beef that will set you back a mere $277 per plate.
If you took a look at this and you thought it was interesting, you might also like this link to the Most Expensive
Restaurants in the U.S.
New York City: 2nd Annual NY Pizza Show
As much as I’d like to inform you that this large gathering of folks dedicated to making the best
slice of cheesy New York Pizza or any kind of pizza is open fully to the public I
haven’t found anything on the site that suggested such. So if you’d like to attend the
upcoming pizza show you may want to latch onto someone
headed inside and tell them how bad your buds (taste-buds) would like to get in on all that pizza fun. The
seminars might be a little boring if learning to increase sales and make your pizza operation a gold-mine isn’t on your
feasting agenda so strolling the exhibitors booths might be your best bet. If you can get in. Seeing no trip to NY is
complete without one slice of the city’s pizza it might be worth getting booted out by security. You can tell everyone
it was part of the whole experimental travel buzz everyone’s getting into.
The show runs November 1-2, 2005 at the Javits Convention Center.